Anchor clip



p 1965 F. L. BENEDICT ETAL 3,294,597

ANCHOR CLIP Filed Dec. 20, 1965 INVENTOR. FRANKLYN L. BENEDICT DEIL IGLAS R. GLEMIN$HAW D. E MME 7' 7' THOMPSON ATTOR/VE K United States Patent 3,204,597 ANCHOR CLIP Franklyn L. Benedict and Douglas R. Cleminshaw, Syracuse, N.Y., assignors to llcnsons Anchors Inc., Syracuse, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Dec. 20, 1963, Ser. No. 332,147 1 Claim. (Cl. 114-210) This invention has an object and relates to a new and improved anchor holder, or clip, for holding a marine anchor in place on a boat when the anchor is not in use. Such holders or clips are also referred to as anchor chock-s, and are mounted on the deck of the boat in horizontal fashion, or on a sidewall or a bulkhead of the boat in vertical position, when it is desired to mount the anchor in upright fashion. Previous deck type anchor holders have been found to be objectionable, since they were of a design which protruded substantially above the plane of the deck, thus creating a hazard for safe footing on the deck.

The invention has, therefore, as a primary object the provision of a new and improved compact and economical anchor clip, which may be used to mount the anchor in both the flat and upright position.

The anchor clip comprising the subject of the invention is designed to receive what may be termed a pivoting fluke anchor. An anchor of this type is disclosed in the patents to Benedict, 2,612,131 and 2,880,688, issued September 30, 1952 and April 7, 1959, respectively, and comprises a central shank to which is pivotally connected a double fluke. A ring is received in a central opening formed on the shank to permit attachment of the anchor to a line, and the ring may be worked back and forth in the shank, in order to free the anchor when it is engaged with the water bottom, and the flukes are dug into the bottom.

Accordingly, it is a more specific object of this invention to provide a new and improved anchor clip type for a fluke anchor, wherein the anchor may be mounted in the clip in a manner which holds the flukes of the anchor in a secure manner.

The invention consists in the novel features and constructions and the method hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view of the clip comprising the preferred embodiment of the invention with an anchor of the type described, shown mounted in the clip in dotted lines.

FIGURE 2 is a view taken on line 2-2 of FIGURE 1, and

FIGURE 3 is a view take on line 33 of FIGURE 1.

In the drawings, the clip is shown as comprising a fiat inwardly and downwardly sloping base portion 10, which is provided at its rearward end with a pair of upstanding spaced apart pyramidal shaped bosses 12 and 14, between which is received one leg 16 of the shank 18 of the fluke anchor, shown in dotted lines.

The ends of the legs 16 of the shank of the fluke anchor terminate in a pair of runners or pads 20, and the double fluke 22 is pivotally connected as at 24, to a saddle portion 26, which joins the pads 20.

The surface of the clip slopes downwardly and for- Wardly from its rearward end, as is best seen in FIGURE 2, and is joined to an offset surface portion 30, which slopes in an opposite direction to the slope of the portion 10. A pair of raised pads 32 and 34 are formed adjacent the end of the portion 30, and the pads 32 and 34 are sloped inwardly and downwardly in a direction similar to the slope of the portion 30, but at a greater angle. The metal on either side of portion 30 is removed, as at 35, to reduce weight. The clip is formed at its outer edges with a pair of sidewalls 36 and 38, which extend upwardly and inwardly over the portion 30 to form retaining arms 40 and 42.

As best seen in FIGURE 2 and FIGURE 3, the arms 40 and 42 are formed with a slope offset from, but generally parallel to the slope of the surface 10 and the inner ends of the arms 40 and 42 are spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the thickness of the legs 16 of the shank 18 of the anchor. As shown by the dotted lines in the drawings, the pad 20 formed at the end of the legs 16 of the shank of the anchor is received in the pocket 44 formed by the arms 40 and 42, in conjunction with the surface 30, and the pad 20 is wedged in this pocket, to prevent rattle by means of the oppositely sloping pads 32 and 34, and the arms 40 and 42 in conjunction with the surface 10, and the bosses 12 and 14, which serve to center the shank leg 16 of the clip.

As best seen in FIGURES 1 and 2, the anchor ring 46 which slides on the legs 16 of the anchor shank is of sufficient diameter to pass over the upper ends 48- of the flukes of the anchor, in order to immobilize the flukes, and prevent them from pivoting freely on the shank when the anchor is mounted in the anchor clip. Referring to FIGURE 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that the surface 10 of the clip is raised by means of the depending and surrounding wall 50 to form a cavity 52 on the underside of the clip.

Adjacent the inner end of the cavity 52 is a depending boss 54, over which is received one end 56 of yieldable circular fastening means including a tension spring 58. The end of the wall 50 opposite the boss 56 is apertured, as at 60, through which the tension spring 58 passes, and the opposite end 62 of the spring is provided with a hook 64. In its normal position, the spring 58 contracts'so as to be completely received within the cavity 52, so that only the outer portion of the hook 64 protrudes out of the cavity 52 through the aperture 60. When an anchor is mounted in the clip, however, and the ring 46 slipped over the end 48 of a fluke, the hook 64 is pulled outwardly and slipped over the ring 46 to immobilize the fluke 22 and retain the anchor in the clip in a secure manner.

The clip is formed with a plurality of counter-sunk apertures 66 to permit the clip to be aifixed to a boat in either a vertical, or a horizontal position, to permit mounting of the anchor in the clip, in either an upright or fiat position. As will be obvious, when the anchor is received in the clip, in either position, and the hook of the clip attached to the ring of the anchor after the ring has been passed over the tip of the fluke, the anchor will be securely mounted in the clip, and the fiukes immobilized to prevent any damage to the anchor or occupants of the boat.

What we claim is:

An anchor mounting clip for receiving and releasably holding a pivoted fluke type anchor having a shank and a line receiving ring slidable thereon, said clip comprising a base member adapted to be mounted on a flat surface, said base being formed with a flat top surface extending inwardly from one end of the base and inclining downwardly toward the center portion of the base, said base being formed with side walls forming, in conjunction with said fiat surface, a spring receiving cavity, the op posite end of said base being formed with a second surface extending inwardly from the opposite end of the base and inclining downwardly toward the lower end of said first surface, said opposite end portion of the base being also formed With an arm at each side thereof and extending inwardly in upwardly spaced relation to said second surface, said arms being spaced apart for the reception of the anchor shank therebetWeen, said arms extending in a direction lengthwise of the base in a plane substantially parallel to said first surface and forming, in conjunction with said second surface, a tapered pocket for reception of a portion of the anchor, a spring positioned in said cavity, one end of the spring being fixed to said base and said spring extending outwardly from the first mentioned end of the base and being provided with a hook for engagement to said anchor ring for yieldingly holding the anchor in the clip.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner.

FRANK L. ABBOTT, Examiner. 

